I was reading recently an old Britannica article on the Puritans:
“The Puritan mind was one of the toughest the world has ever had to deal with. It is inconceivable to conceive of a disillusioned Puritan; no matter what misfortune befell him, no matter how often or how tragically his fellowmen failed him, he would have been prepared for the worst, and expected no better.”
And kept fighting. Like Ted Cruz.
It is also inconceivable to conceive of a Puritan that wanted somebody else to pay for everything for him; my, how we have fallen...